Franzobel, b. 1967, is one of the most popular and popularizing Austrian writers. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Nestroy Prize and the Arthur Schnitzler Prize. His plays were performed among others in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Denmark, France, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Italy, Russia and the U.S. To date translations are available in 23 languages.

Until the age of 12 Marguerite Abouet spent her childhood in Ivory Coast and then moved to Paris. Her book series Aya is one of the most successful comics in France and has been translated into many other languages. The story of the three adolescent girls growing up in the late 1970s in Africa has also been animated as a movie.
Participant of the European Literature Days 2015.

Born in Paris, raised in Benin and Paris, Yvan Alagbé met Olivier Marboeuf in 1990. Marboeuf studied biology and mathematics and Alagbé studied mathematics and physics. They ventured into the alternative comics scene, and created the Dissidence Art Work association in 1991. From 1992, they made L'Oeil Carnivore, a fanzine about comics, litterature, music, cinema and painting. Their first big project, Ville Prostituée, drawn by Alagbé and written by Marboeuf, was published by Vents d'Ouest in 1993. Afterwards, they founded their own publishing house, Amok, and began the alternative comics review Le Cheval sans Tête.

Pierre Alféri is a French writer, poet and essayist. He is amongst the most innovative voices in France. Alféri is also well known for his experimental films and theatre studies, visual poetry and tone pieces as well as for his picture books and posters (see alferi.fr). The artist’s versatility is revealed in numerous exhibitions, film shows and performances of his works both at home and abroad. Since 2007, Pierre Alféri has taught literature at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Ghayath Almadhoun, b. 1979, is a Palestinian and Swedish poet and filmmaker. He studied at Damascus University and emigrated to Sweden in 2008. His poems have been translated into numerous languages. His most recent book in German: Ein Raubtier namens Mittelmeer, 2018.
“His poems are sustained by radicality, absurdity and great stylistic sensitivity. They visualize the Syrian disaster and at the same time defend humanity and individuality.”
Andreas Fanizadeh, Weltempfänger

Gabriela Babnik, b. 1979, is a Slovenian writer, literary critic and translator. She lived for several years in Nigeria and completed her Master’s thesis on Nigerian literature. The European Union Literature Prize is among the many accolades for her work.
English book publication: Dry Season, Istros Books London 2015

Mark Baczoni was born in Budapest and grew up in London. He studied in Cambridge and Budapest, and translates both prose and poetry from Hungarian and French. He is the translator of Alexander Lénard's Stories of Rome and Jenő Rejtő's The Fourteen Carat Car (both Corvina, Budapest). His translations of Péter Závada’s poems appeared in The White Review and Cordite. He has contributed fairytales by Elek Benedek to Asymptote's Translation Tuesdays and Exchanges Magazine, and was also involved with a Modern Poetry in Translation workshop on János Pilinszky’s Quatrain. He is one of the editors of Hungary's leading English-language literary portal, Hungarian Literature Online (hlo.hu).

Priya Basil, b. 1977, is a British-Indian writer. She grew up in Kenya, studied in Great Britain and now lives in Berlin. Basil is a co-founder of Authors for Peace. Her latest book in German: Gastfreundschaft, 2019.
“The idea that especially in times of migration and the upsurge of nationalism, it is good and proper to publicize the importance of hospitality is ... the prevailing, never educationally pronounced, though entirely natural and sympathetic idea of the Berlin-based writer”
taz. die tageszeitung

Priya Basil, born 1977, is a British writer. She grew up in Kenya, studied in the UK and now lives in Germany. She has published two novels, Ishq & Mushq and The Obscure Logic of the Heart, a novella, Strangers on the 16:02. Her essays and articles have appeared in various publications including, Lettre International, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Die Zeit, Tagesspiegel, TAZ and The Guardian. Priya co-founded Authors for Peace in 2010 and has since been politically engaged in various ways, including co-authoring and initiating the Writers Against Mass Surveillance appeal in December 2013.

b. 1970, is a German writer, historian, journalist and translator. He worked in London and Paris and now lives in Vienna as a programme creator for the public broadcaster ORF.
“Blom is a marvellous narrator. His insights from the economy to technology including cultural history are more far-reaching than his counterparts, and he is a brilliant dramaturge of his material.”
Martin Ebel, Tages-Anzeiger

Wilbirg Brainin-Donnenberg, director of drehbuchFORUM Wien (Screenwriters Forum Vienna) film curator, publicist and filmmaker. She has studied psychology and sociology in Vienna, Paris, and Salzburg. Several workshops on Script consulting with Linda Seger, Linda Aronson et al. and Sources 2 Mentors Training. Graduated from Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Films (2016-18). She has worked for the Austrian independent film distribution sixpackfilm from 1993 to 2004, then she curated numerous film programs as a freelance curator in Austria and abroad (such as, Phantome. Metamorphosen. Animismus im Film for the Generali Foundation Vienna; Österreich. Form verlässt Norm. Heimat geht fremd.; Women and Madness in Film; Hommage to Anne Charlotte Robertson) and was also active as film educator and on several juries at Austrian and international film festivals. She is co-editor of the book Gustav Deutsch. Filmemacher, 2010-2013 Head of the Diagonale Film Industry Meeting (Festival of Austrian Films), Board Member of FC GLORIA Women's Film Network and Synema - Gesellschaft für Film und Medien and part of the FIDLAB selection committee in Marseille and mentor for Ex-Oriente. Initiator and Curator of the FC Gloria Cinema Salons. 2016 she initiated the ongoing screenwriters award If she can see it, she can be it – Female characters beyond clischées). Based in Vienna, Austria.

Hans Christoph Buch, b. 1944, is a German writer and journalist. He is regarded as one of the leading German travel writers and intellectuals with regard to post-colonialism and literature. He taught German literature in New York, Texas, California, Havana, Buenos Aires, Beijing and Shanghai, published reportages from war and conflict regions as well as a novel trilogy about Haiti. His autobiographical novel Sechs Arten das Eis zu brechen was published in July 2016.

Ondřej Buddeus, b. 1984, is a Czech writer, translator and editor. In the Czech Republic and abroad he has appeared with various event formats. He regularly collaborates with other artists and tries to place poetic texts in an “extended field”. In the context of his literary project a me, published both as a book and online, he developed a multimedia theatre performance as well as installation (Steirischer Herbst 2012). In autumn 2016, his graphic novel Kopf im Kopf will be published in German translation.

Zsófia Bán, b. 1957, is a Hungarian writer, essayist and literary and art critic. Raised as the child of Jewish parents in Brazil, in 1969 the family returned to Hungary. She studied English and Romance Studies in Budapest, Lisbon, Minneapolis and New Brunswick. She has worked in film studios, as an exhibition curator and now teaches American Studies in Budapest. A recipient of numerous awards.

West Camel is a writer, reviewer and editor. He edited Dalkey Archive’s Best European Fiction 2015, and is currently working as a freelance editor and writer for new press Orenda Books, Yale University Press and other organisations.

b. 1978, is a Swiss writer who is bilingual in Rhaeto-Romanic and German. He composes prose, poetry as well as being a playwright.
“This entirely unique language of Camenisch’s narratives is enchanting from the very first thanks to its poetry. It leaves addicted readers.”
Saarländischer Rundfunk

Rafael Cardoso, born 1964, is a Brasilian writer and art historian. His works of fiction include O Remanescente (2016), Entre as Mulheres (2007), Controle Remoto (2002) and A Maneira Negra (2000), all published in Brazil. He is the author of numerous books on the history of Brazilian art and design and is also active as an independent curator. He has taught at universities in Brazil and Germany, including Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Hamburg Universität and Freie Universität Berlin.

Marente de Moor, b. 1972, is a Dutch writer and journalist. She lived for eight years in Russia. She was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature in 2014. Her latest book in German: Aus dem Licht, 2019.
“What amazing writing! ... This is how history becomes a lively affair. De Moor’s style is exceptionally well suited to the subject.”
De Groene Amsterdamer

Patrick Deville studied comparative literature and philosophy at the university of Nante. During the 1980s he lived in the Middle East, in Nigeria and Algeria. In the 1990s he visited Cuba, Uruguay, Latin America as well as some of the ex-Jugoslav countries. These trips constituted the base for his literary work. Deville founded and ran Maison des écrivains étrangers et des traducteurs and its magazíne Meet.

György Dragomán, b. 1973 in Transylvania, is a Hungarian writer who lives in Budapest. His novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. His latest book in German: Löwenchor, 2019.
“György Dragomán is among the most important European writers of our time.”
Niels Beintker, Bayrischer Rundfunk

Marc Elsberg, b. 1967, is an Austrian writer. He was a strategy consultant and creative director in advertising as well as a columnist for the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard. He also established a reputation as a master of scientific thrillers with his international bestsellers BLACKOUT, ZERO and HELIX.

»This novel is an appeal to civil society to discuss the consequences of the digital revolution before they have overrun us.«
Handelsblatt review of ZERO

Ildikó Enyedi, b. 1955, is a Hungarian director and screenwriter. In 2017, Enyedi won the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival for her film On Body and Soul. In 2017, she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that awards the annual Oscars.

Michel Faber, b. 1960, is a Dutch English-speaking writer. He grew up in Australia and now lives in England. He is the author of internationally bestselling novels including Die Weltenwanderin (the film version Under the Skin starring Scarlett Johansson). His latest book in German: Das Buch der seltsamen neuen Dinge, 2018.
“Here it is; the one novel that you’ve been waiting for.”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung